Isakhiwo soBugcisa kunye neZimbane sihlala kwindawo ebonakalayo kwiSizwe seMall kwaye yenye yezona ndawo ziphawulekayo zembali zase-Washington DC. Yona yesibini isakhiwo esidala seStandsonian Institution, eyakhiwa ngo-1881 ukuya kwindlu yokuqokelela xa isakhiwo saseNtshonalanga (saseSmithsonian sasekuqaleni) sisisithuba sayo. Ngo-2006, isakhiwo soBugcisa kunye neSakhiwo sezoNzululwazi sabizwa ngokuba yiyona ndawo yezona ndawo ziMmandla oMngcipheko weMelika yiNational Trust for Historic Preservation.
Okwamanje ivalwe ukulungiswa. Ukwakhiwa kwesakhiwo kuyingqamaniso, eyakhiwe ngomnqamlezo wesiGrike kunye ne-rotunda ephakathi kunye nophahla lwentsimbi. Ngaphezulu kwesango langasemntla yinto eqingqiweyo ene-Columbia Protecting Science kunye neShishini ngumdwebi weCaspar Buberl.
Indawo
900 Jefferson Drive SW, Washington, DC.
Isakhiwo siphezu kwi- National Mall , phakathi kweSmithsonian Castle kunye neMyuziyam yaseHirshhorn.
Ukuhlaziywa kweNkqubo
Emva kokupheliswa kweminyaka engama-10, ukulungiswa kwezigidi ezingama-55, i-Smithsonian's Arts and Industries Building iya kuhlala ivalwe. Kule minyaka elishumi edlulileyo, isakhiwo sele sifumene uphahla olutsha, iifestile ezintsha kunye neenkqubo zokhuseleko zanamhlanje, zonke ezihlawulwa ngeemali zedolophu. Emva kokuphononongwa ngemali, i-Smithsonian iphelile ukuba kukho imali eyaneleyo yokuvula kwakhona isakhiwo. Umthetho ulindele ukuguqula isikhala kwiMyuziyam kaZwelonke yaseMelika Latino.
Imbali yoBugcisa kunye neZakhiwo zoLondolozo
Ngo-Matshi 4, 1881, iinyanga ezisixhenxe ngaphambi kokuba isakhiwo sivulekele uluntu, isakhiwo soBugcisa kunye neZakhiwo zezoLimo sasisetyenziselwa ibhola lokutyalwa likaMongameli uJames Abram Garfield kunye noMongameli we-Chester A.
Arthur. Umgangatho womhlaba wawuqale uzinikezele kwiindawo ezahlukeneyo ezibandakanya i-geology, i-taxidermy kunye nezibonakaliso zezilwanyana, i-ethnology, iteknoloji yokuthelekisa, ukuhamba, izakhiwo, izakhiwo zomculo kunye neempahla zembali. Ngomnyaka we-1910, ezininzi iikopi zafudlulelwa kwiNyuvesi yaseMelika yaseMelika, eyaziwa ngokuba yiNational Museum of History History.
Kwiminyaka engama-50 ezayo, ubuGcisa boBugcisa kunye namaZiko obonakalisiweyo babonise imbali yaseMerika kunye nembali yezoqoqo zesayensi kunye neeteknoloji. Iingqapheli ezibonakalayo yi-Star Spangled Banner, uMoya waseSt. Louis, kunye nomboniso wokuqala we-First Ladies Dresses. Ngowe-1964, iikholeji zembali ezisele zishukunyiselwa kwiMyuziyam eMbali yeMbali kunye neThekhinoloji, ngoku iMyuziyam kaZwelonke yeMbali yaseMelika kunye ne- National Museum yaseMelika ithatha lonke isakhiwo. Imyuziyam yoMoya yahlala kwisakhiwo kwada kwavulwa isakhiwo sayo ngo-1976.
Isakhiwo soBugcisa kunye neZimboni savalwa kusukela ngo-1974 ukuya ku-1976 ukuze kulungiswe kwakhona kunye no-1876: I-Centennial Exhibition, eyayibonisa izinto ezininzi zasekuqaleni kwi-Philadelphia Centennial. Ngowe-1979, iTheater Discovery Theater yaqalisa ukuvelisa inkqubo yabaphulaphuli abatsha kwisakhiwo. Ngowe-1981, kwintsimi yokuvavanya yeendwendwe ezinokukhubazeka yasungulwa kwicala langasempuma yesakhiwo, kwaye ngo-1988 yalungiswa kwaye yaqanjwa ngokuthi nguMary Livingston Ripley Garden. Ngo-2006, isakhiwo savalwa ngenxa yesimo saso. Ngonyaka ka-2009, ifunyenwe ngemali ngoMthetho we-Recovery waseMelika no-Reinvestment Act ka-2009 kwaye ngoku uhlaziywa.